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Subject: Re: [OM] Shameless Plug Alert - B&W with Studio 2
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:36:28 +0100
Because street photography is mainly about the interaction among the  
people, about composition, about catching the decisive moment. In  
those kind of images, color can often be a distraction. By keeping it  
B&W the viewer focuses on the essential elements of the image.

An example: you have a good street image of, say, a couple arguing,  
but they are doing it in front of a vivid yellow wall. You cannot very  
well ask them to move to a place where the background is less  
distracting. By converting the image to B&W the problem is solved.

Nathan

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On Jan 28, 2009, at 1:58 AM, Johnny Johnson wrote:

> At 11:30 AM 1/27/2009, Frank van Lindert wrote:
>
>> The fact that many of us (me included) sometimes like B+W so much is
>> entirely due to its unnatural effect. Strange to the human eye, that
>> is. Some parts of the visible spectrum are 'enhanced' and others are
>> subdued.
>
> Why is so much "street" shooting done in B&W?  Is it just tradition
> or does B&W bring something to the table for that type of photography
> that color doesn't?
>
> Later,
> Johnny
>
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